Preserving Roasted Red Peppers
My family preserves roasted pepperseach year in September when local Ontario red peppers are in season but we have also done this when say, other peppers are on sale and one can roast, preserve and eat at a later date. If you recall, my parents come from Florina, (northern) Greece and the denizens eats lots, […]
Roasted Red Pepper Dip
Here’s another Greek word that will have you tongue-tied…say Htipiti. It’s pronounced “Huh’Tee-Pee-Tee” (say it quickly) and in Greece it’s also known as Tirokafteri or Kopanisti. Whichever way you call it, some hot peppers are used in this spicy dip. I like heat but I don’t want my head blown off. I want the heat […]
Sauteed Mushrooms in a Metaxa Cream Sauce
The “other” national drink of Greece is Metaxa brandy. It lags behind in consumption of the aperatif known as Ouzo. Even more remarkably the Greeks are the 7th largest whiskey market in the world! This Greek brandy sweetened delicately by the Aegean sun gets ignored like a middle child. I love all my children…ouzo, scotch […]